Host Jeff McCord dives deep into the best new releases and reissues, plus musical milestones from your favorites, a featured classic album tribute, and a look at what’s happening at kutx.org. Give us your feedback on the new music you’re hearing, and make new music suggestions for future programs here.
This week, new music from Jungle, Toro y Moi, Noname, Local Natives, A Giant Dog, Will Johnson, Shabazz Palaces, Slowdive(band), Ratboys, Al Green, Danger Mouse and Jemeni, L’Rain, Margaret Glaspy, Animal Collective, Oneohtrix Point Never, Snowbyrd, Jaimie Breezy Branch, Holy Wire, Friday Boys, Daiistar and many more, plus milestones from your favorites and a classic R.E.M. album tribute!
What’s Next playlist 8.31.23
| Hour One | |||
| Swimm | Used To Saying Yes | single | |
| Jungle | Holding On | Volcano | |
| Local Natives | Paper Lanterns | Time Will Wait For No One | |
| Traffic [played last show 8.31.1974] | Empty Pages | John Barleycorn Must Die | |
| Danger Mouse & Jemini | All I | Born Again | |
| Will Johnson | Along The Runner (No Ordinary Crown) | No Ordinary Crown | |
| Gun Club [released 8.31.1981] | Cool Drink of Water | Fire Of Love | |
| Margaret Glaspy | Get Back | Echo the Diamond | |
| Animal Collective | Soul Capturer | Isn’t It Now? | |
| Panda Bear & Sonic Boom | Whirlpool Dub | Reset In Dub | |
| Idles [released 8.31.2018] | Colossus | Joy As An Act Of Resistance | |
| Jaimie Branch | Baba Louie | Fly Or Die Fly Or Die Fly Or Die (World War) | |
| Hour Two | |||
| Shabazz Palaces | Binoculars (ft. Royce The Choice) | Robed In Rareness | |
| The Ojays [certified gold 9.1.1972] | Back Stabbers | single | |
| Ratboys | Empty | The Window | |
| Sweeping Promises | Connoisseur of Salt | Good Living Is Coming For You | |
| Daiistar | Heathens Gate | Goodtime | |
| Fleetwood Mac [Bob Welch’s birthday 8.31.1945] | Hypnotised | Mystery To Me | |
| Al Green | Perfect Day | single | |
| L’rain | Pet Rock | I Killed Your Dog | |
| R.E.M. [classic album tribute] | Finest Worksong | Document [released 8.31.1987] | |
| R.E.M. [classic album tribute] | Strange | Document [released 8.31.1987] | |
| R.E.M. [classic album tribute] | It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) | Document [released 8.31.1987] | |
| Oneohtrix Point Never | A Barely Lit Path | Again | |
| Holy Wire | Worse For Wear | Worse For Wear | |
| Slowdive | Alife | Everything Is Alive | |
| Hour Three | |||
| Velvet Underground [Sterling Morrison’s birthday 8.29.1942] | What Goes On | The Velvet Underground | |
| The Third Mind | Tall Grass | The Third Mind 2 | |
| A Giant Dog | Happiness Awaits Inside | Bite | |
| Meshell Ndegeocello [birthday 8.29.1968] | I’m Diggin’ You (Like An Old Soul Record) | Plantation Lullabies | |
| Noname | Potential | Sundial | |
| Daniel Villarreal | Sunset Cliffs | Lados B | |
| Toro Y Moi | Back Then | Sandhills | |
| Codeine [released 9.1.1991] | Gravel Bed | Frigid Stars | |
| Friday Boys | Depressed Gang | Depressed Gang | |
| Aterciopelados | Mujer Gala Feat. Rubén Albarran | single | |
| Ramones [Hilly Krystal of CBGBs died 8.31.2007] | Sheena Is A Punk Rocker | Road to Ruin | |
| Mannequin P*ssy | I Got Heaven | single | |
| Tre Burt | Traffic Fiction | Traffic Fiction | |
| Snowbyrd | Shine A Light On A Ghost | The Lagerheadz Suite | |
| Van Morrison [birthday 8.31.1945] | Into The Mystic | Moondance | |
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